St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08
himself admitted to the committee that he

himself admitted to the committee that he
had allowed the same men to come there
day after day. representing that they were
in Strengthened circumstances and obliged
to sell gold watch or some family heir
loom, all of which was done for the pur-
pose of making suckers" think they were
securing bargains. when some cheap and
worthless time-piece was being palmed off
upon them. Several witnesses testified to
the manner in which the place had been
run.
The committee OH claims decided that
property owners having laid either brick or
asbestine sidewalks outside of the fire
limits shall receive back the amounts taxed
against them upon the building of side
walks by the city upon the presentation of
certificates from the city engineer. The
remonstrance of j. E. Bell against laying
sidewalk on Second avenue, from Third
to Fourth street. was referred to the alder
men from the Fourth ward. The laying of
sidewalks on Main and Marshall streets
was referred to the aldermen from the First
ward. The committee on claims audi ted
bills for election expenses, and decided not
to allow over SIS rental for rooms used for
polling places
The matter of granting franchise to the
Burgess street railway to run from the
river to Lake Calhoun was referred TO the
new council BY the committee on railroads
and the aldermen from the Seventh and
Eighth wards.
ANOTHER MOTOR ASKED.
The committee ON railroads considered
petition asking that the Street Railway
company be ordered to provide either
steam motor or street car line from Second
street northeast, from Broadway to Twenty
seventh avenue. and on Twenty
avenue to Four-and-one- half street thence
to the city limits. This is really move to
provide for the Fridley motor, and was
backed up by lengthy petition. Asvigor-
GUS remonStrance from property owners on
Second street and Broadway. Directing to
the use of steam, was also submitted.
Martin Ring charged that many of the sign
erS were neither property owners nor resi-
dents of the city. NJ. ID. Ridgeway stated
that steam moter was desired because the
street car company would not put in a
street car line. r. II. Graham was
emphatic in asking that motor
should be granted for the development of
Northwest Minneapolis, the growth of
which has been retarded through spite
work. George Ii. Fletcher said that within
a year there would be large manufacturing
interests at Fridley, and that rapid transit
to and from the city is necessary. The
committee was evidently opposed to grant
ing franchise for steam, and suggested an
extension of the Broadway street car line.
The point was then raised that If the street
car line was ordered that it would be vir-
tually acknowledging Lowry's right to an
exclusive franchise i'll new territory.
Finally, as a way out of the difficulty,
the committee decided to report in favor of
ordering the street car line to be extended
to Sixteenth street, and then granting the
privilege of a motor from there out for
period of five years. with the proviso that
no exclusive franchise is granted, and only
one fare to be charged from the city limits
to Bridge square.
The committee on license, to which was
referred the matter of revoking the license
OF r. W. harrington, who ran an alleged
fake" auction store at 213 Nicollet ave-
nue., reported that the matter had been fully
considered and recommended that the
license be revoked. This was done by
unanimous vote, and no more will unwary
strangers put their hard earned money on
bogus gold watches and fascinating lottery
schemes On the recommendation of the
same committee 81. A. Roth, whose license
to run an auction room at 204 Hennepin
avenue was revoked at a recent meeting of
the council, was refunded $12 for the uneX-
PRED time of the license. He also ran
fake room.